Monday, September 7, 2009

As a kid, we didn't go away much but I do remember visiting with cousins and grandma on our summer break. One of the relatives had a tree and would bring figs. Oh, the love affair begins. I love figs and I would take a plate of figs over a box of chocolate.

Fresh figs.Puff Pastry.Butter and sugar.Yum Summer Fun.

I used Pepperidge Farms Farms Puff Pastry. This is my first time using it as Trader Joe's doesn't carry their butter puff pastry now (it might be a seasonal item). Um, maybe I'm reading the label wrong, but this PF stuff has NO BUTTER. I didn't know you could make puff pastry without butter. Anyway, I cut this palm oil puff pastry into a few circles and squares, sprinkled on some sugar, and placed the fresh figs atop. I sprinkled the figs with a tiny bit of butter (it needs to come from someplace!) and some brown sugar.

These figs were from a colleague's parent's tree. It's good to have friends in high places, and friends with fig trees.

Be sure to check out all the other delicious summer pies on the You Want Pies with That? website! I hope you are all enjoying the last days of summer!!

we planted a little fig tree near our herb garden and this year it has nearly doubled in size. we recently discovered it has the first fig-i see a wrestling match in the future. hopefully, there will be fig tarts, fig jam and who knows what else too!

probably old news at this point, but yeah, you can make most pastry from about any fat, the point being to seperate layers so it fluffs as it bakes instead of solidifying together.. you can probably use any asortment of oils, liquid or solid, nut oils, corn oil, palm oil, shortening, coconut oil.....lard...of course butter is generally preferred..

most pastry dry mixes incorporate shortening...and some people swear on a stack that lard makes the best biscuits...

if you arent on a low fat diet..but what dieter eats biscuits anyway...

Anyway, on to buisness, i might have missed it, but what was your oven temp and cooktime? or did you just go by the old standard of waiting till it looks done (i have bad luck with that, usually end up with charcoal)